Benjamin Bancroft (1701 - 1787)

Born 17 May 1701 in Reading, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Died 21 Jul 1787 at age 86 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America

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Biography

Captain Benjamin Bancroft performed Patriotic Service in Massachusetts in the American Revolution.

Benjamin Bancroft is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A005621.

Capt.Benjamin purchased his first house from John Allum in Charlestown and became a member of the local church on 3 Nov 1728.^[1] Shortly after his membership to the Charlestown Church, he relocated to Groton; spending the rest of his life there. Capt. Benjamin was a tanner ^[2]

Benjamin was a Captain of the local militia and very likely served in the colonial wars leading up to the Revolutionary War. ^[3] He is a Revolutionary Vet ^[4] appearing in the DAR Patriot Centennial Edition, Page 140.

Capt. Benjamin was united in marriage to Anna Lawrence^[5] Capt. Benjamin served as a Deacon at the Unitarian Church on Great Road, just north of his home. ^[6]

Edmund's birth record specifically lists Benjamin as his father.^[7]

5 Apr 1732 Capt. Benjamin is recorded to have received money for traveling to Charlestown to procure wine for the funeral of Lieutenant Jonathan Lawrence by William Lawrence for the funeral of Lieutenant Jonathan Lawrence died, 19 Sep 1729.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Page 80, Crane
2. ↑ Page 235, Green
3. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 8 Feb 2018), "Record of Bancroft, Benjamin Sr", Ancestor # A005621.
4. ↑ National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Centennial Administration. DAR Patriot Index, Centennial Edition, Part 1. Washington: 1990. Print
5. ↑ Page 235, Green
6. ↑ Page 235, Green
7. ↑ Page 201, Vol 3.
8. ↑ Page 6, Green

• Green, Samuel A., and Arthur Bruce Coburn. Epitaphs from the Old Burying Ground in Groton, Massachussetts with Notes and an Appendix. Boston: Little, Brown, 1878. Print.
• Crane, Ellery Bicknell. "Bancroft Family." Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity. Vol. 1. New York: Lewis Pub., 1907. Print.
• Howard, Loea Parker. Ancient Redding in Massachusetts Bay Colony; It's Planting as a Puritan Village and Sketches of Early Settlers From 1639 to 1652. Boston: Thomas Todd, 1944. Print.
• Page 201-202 Record of Births, Vol. 3, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records.

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #28313307